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Chapter 10: Introduction to simple Experiments

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term definition is an adaption toward an academic task wherein the students try to succeed; students do better when they use this orientation.

a)

Approach Orientation

b)

Avoidance Orientation

2.

What term definition is an adaption toward an academic task wherein the students try not to fail?

a)

Approach Orientation

b)

Avoidance Orientation

3.

What is the main reason researcher as conduct experiments?

(a)  

4.

Why do experiments support causal claims?

(a)  

5.

Which term goes with:" Determines whether manipulating the IV makes a differences; answers 1: is causal variable [IV] related to the effect variable [DV]? 2. Are distinct levels of IV associated with diffferent levels of DV

a)

Covariance

b)

Temporal precedence

c)

Internal validity

6.

What term goes with this " Ensured by the manipulation of the Independent variable"

a)

Covariance

b)

Temporal precedence

c)

Internal validity

7.

What term is goes with" Ensures that there are not alternative e explanations, such as design confounds, selection effects or order effects?

a)

Covariance

b)

Temporal Precedence

c)

Internal validity

8.

What term goes with "researchers manipulate at least one variable and measures at least one other variable."

a)

Experiment

b)

Manipulated

variable

c)

measured variable

d)

control variable

9.

What term goes with "Independent variable; has temporal precedence [come first]; the levels of the variable define the conditions of the experiment.

a)

Experiment

b)

manipulated variable

c)

Measured variable

d)

control variable

10.

What term goes with " Dependent variable; comes second; the focal outcome of the study.."

a)

Experiment

b)

Manipulated variable

c)

Measured variable

d)

control variable

11.

What term goes with "any variable that an experimenter holds constant on purpose, helps improve internal validity."

a)

Experiment

b)

Manipulated variable

c)

measured variable

d)

control variable

12.

What type of group is A level of the manipulated variable (IV) that represents "no treatment" or a neutral condition; is not always present.

a)

control group

b)

treatment group

c)

Comparison group/condition

d)

Placebo group

13.

=What type of group is A level of the IV that we to which we compare the treatment group; often NOT control group

a)

Control group

b)

Treatment group

c)

Comparison group/condition

d)

Placebo group

14.

What type of group is the other level of the manipulated variable [IV] that is medicated altered, or "treated".

a)

Control group

b)

treatment group

c)

comparison group/ condition

d)

placebo group

15.

What type of group is a level for the IV that receives something seemingly like the "treatment" condition but is inert "

a)

Control group

b)

treatment group

c)

Comparison group/condition

d)

placebo group

16.

What is a threat think: confuse to internal validity; a possible alternative explanation to a research question/experiment?

(a)  

17.

What is the term that Thought of as "researcher's mistake" in IV; The second variable that happens to vary systematically with along with the intended IV and is therefore an alternative explanation for the results.

(a)  

18.

What term definition is A precise or standardized variability across all research groups in a study; a problem for internal validity; much like selection effects

a)

Systematic Variability

b)

Unsystematic

Variability

19.

What term definition is a Random or haphazard variability across all research groups in a study; not a problem for internal validity.

a)

Systematic Variability

b)

Unsystematic Variability

20.

Which term definition does occur in an experiment when the kinds fo participants in one level fo the indepedent variable are systematically different from those in the other; much like systematic variability

a)

Selection Effects

b)

Random assignment

c)

Matched groups

21.

What term definition is used to avoid selection effects, and is designed to help "control" variables across all conditions

a)

Selection effects

b)

Random assignment

c)

Matched groups

22.

What term definition is the simplest type of random assignment; requires pretesting [thus more effort and time]; Chosen by researchers when seeking to match participants on a particular variable of interest.

a)

Selection effects

b)

Random assignment

c)

Matched groups

23.

What type of design is one in which different groups of participants are assigned to different levels of the Independent variable; applies to posttest-only and pretest/posttest designs?

a)

Independent-Group

Design

b)

Within-Groups Design

c)

Posttest-only Design

d)

Pretest/posttest design

e)

Concurrent-Measures design

24.

What type of design Participants are randomly assigned to IV group and are teted on the D once, a between-group designs

a)

Independent-Group design

b)

Within-Group Design

c)

Posttest-only design

d)

Pretest/posttest

e)

Concurrent-measures Design

25.

What type of design definition is one in which each participant is presented with all levels of the Independent variable; applies to concurrent measures and repeated-measures

a)

Independent-Groups design

b)

Within-Groups design

c)

Posttest-only design

d)

Pretest/Posttest design

e)

Concurrent -measures

design

26.

What type of design Participants are randomly assigned to at least two groups and are tested on the key DV twice; a between-groups design

a)

Independent-Groups design

b)

Within-Groups design

c)

Posttest-only design

d)

Pretest/Posttest design

e)

Concurrent -Measures

27.

What design term is Participants are exposed to all the levels of an Independent variable at roughly the same time, and single

attitude/behavior/belief serves as the DV; a type of within-groups design

a)

Posttest-only design

b)

Pretest/Posttest design

c)

Concurrent Measures design

d)

Repeated-measures design

28.

What design term occur with Participants are measured on a DV more than once after, exposure to each level of the Independent variable; a type of within-group design?

a)

Posttest -only design

b)

Pretest/Posttest design

c)

Concurrent-Measures design

d)

Repeated-measures design

29.

What are the advantages of within-group design

(a)  

30.

The ability to detect a statistically significant results when the result truly has an effect in the population.

(a)  

31.

What term is when exposures to one level of the independent variable influences responses to a subsequent level of the IV; a confound that threatens internal validity; two types: 1. practice/fatigued effects 2. carryover effects

a)

Order effects

b)

Practice/Fatigue effects

c)

Carryover effects

32.

What term effect is when participants become either 1. more skilled with a task through practice and perform better near the end, or 2. bored/fatigued with a task and perform more poorly near the end

a)

Order effects

b)

Practice/Fatigue Effects

c)

Carryover effects

33.

What term effect is when participants have some form of "contamination" that spills over from a previous condition [IV].

a)

Order effect

b)

Practice/Fatigue effects

c)

Carryover effects

34.

What term is when researchers present the levels of the IV to participants in different orders, to cancel our order effects.

a)

Counterbalancing

b)

Full counterbalancing

c)

Partial counterbalancing

35.

What term is when all possible conditions are represented.

a)

Counterbalancing

b)

Full Counterbalancing

c)

Partial counterbalancing

36.

What term is when only some possible conditions order are represented; one technique for this is to present conditions in randomized order, another technique for this Latin square [ when on computer is avilable]

a)

Counterbalancing

b)

Full Counterbalancing

c)

Partial Counterbalancing

37.

What term definition is An experiments has these when it contains cues that lead the participants to guess the hypothesis [ and thereby may change their behavior because they believe they are expected to act that]

a)

Demand Characteristics [aka experimental Demand]

b)

Manipulation checks

c)

Pilot Studies

38.

What term definition is an extra DV used to ensure that the experimental manipulation worked correctly.

a)

Demand Characteristics

b)

Manipulation checks

c)

Pilot Studies

39.

What term definition is A simple study, also used to ensure that a manipulation i successful by using a separate group of participants.

a)

Demand Characteristics

b)

Manipulation checks

c)

Pilot studies